1ABC owned television station.
2CBS owned television station.
3Fox owned television station.
4NBC owned television station.
5Superstation (bold indicates formersuperstation).
| Network | Brand | Years | Additional notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBS Sports | CBS | Major League Baseball on CBS | 1947–1950 | World Series only from 1947 to 1950 |
| Dumont Television Network | DuMont | World Series Baseball on DuMont | 1947–1949 | World Series only from 1947 to 1949 |
| NBC Sports | NBC | NBC Sports Game of the Week (1966–1968) Major League Baseball on NBC (1969–1989) | 1947–1989 | World Series andAll-Star Game (beginning in1950) only from 1947 to 1956 and 1965 Saturday afternoonGame of the Week from 1957 to 1964 and exclusively from 1966 to 1989 Monday Night Baseball games from 1967 to 1969 and 1972–1975 |
| ESPN on ABC ABC Sports (1961–2006) | ABC | World Series Baseball on ABC | 1948–1950 | World Series only from 1948 to 1950 |
| ESPN on ABC ABC Sports (1961–2006) | ABC | ABC Game of the Week | 1953–1954 | Saturday afternoonGame of the Week from 1953 to 1954 |
| CBS Sports | CBS | CBS Game of the Week (1955–1964) Yankees Baseball on CBS (1965) | 1955–1965 | Saturday afternoonGame of the Week from 1955 to 1964 New York Yankees games only in 1965 |
| ESPN on ABC ABC Sports (1961–2006) | ABC | ABC Game of the Week | 1960 | Saturday afternoonGame of the Week in 1960 |
| ESPN on ABC ABC Sports (1961–2006) | ABC | ABC Game of the Week | 1965 | Saturday afternoonGame of the Week in 1965 (exclusive coverage) |
| ESPN on ABC ABC Sports (1961–2006) | ABC | Major League Baseball on ABC | 1976–1989 | Monday Night Baseball games from 1976 to 1988 Thursday Night Baseball in 1989 |
| CBS Sports | CBS | Major League Baseball on CBS | 1990–1993 | Sporadic, 16 game coverage of Saturday afternoonGame of the Week plus, exclusive network television broadcaster from 1990 to 1993 |
| ESPN on ABC ABC Sports (1961–2006) | ABC | The Baseball Network | 1994–1995 | Part of a revenue sharingjoint venture with Major League Baseball andNBC called "The Baseball Network" from 1994 to 1995 |
| NBC Sports | NBC | The Baseball Network (1994–1995) MLB All-Star Game on NBC (1996–2000)World Series on NBC (1997–1999) | 1994–2000 | Part of a revenue sharingjoint venture with Major League Baseball andABC called "The Baseball Network" from 1994 to 1995 All-Star Game (in even numbered years) and postseason games only from 1996 to 2000 |
| Fox Sports | Fox | Major League Baseball on Fox | 1996–present | Saturday afternoonGame of the Week beginning onMemorial Day weekend from 1996 to 2006 Saturday afternoonGame of the Week for the full season since 2007 Exclusive network television broadcaster since 2001 |
| ESPN on ABC ABC Sports (1961–2006) | ABC | ESPN Major League Baseball on ABC | 2020–present | Selectregular season andWild Card Series games from 2020 on (produced byESPN). |
| NBC Sports | NBC | MLB Sunday Leadoff on NBC | 2022–2023 | WeeklySunday morning games from 2022 to 2023 (select games simulcast on NBC) |
| NBC Sports | NBC | Major League Baseball on NBC | 2026–present | WeeklySunday night games from 2026 on |
| Network | Brand | Years | Additional notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBC Sports on USA Network USA Sports (1980–2007)UA-Columbia Sports (1979–1980)MSG Sports Network (1977–1979) | USA Network UA-Columbia (1979–1980)MSG Sports Network (1977–1980) | USA Network Thursday Night Baseball | 1979–1983 | |
| ESPN Inc. | ESPN | ESPN Major League Baseball | 1990–present | |
| Fox Sports | Fox Sports 1 | Major League Baseball on Fox Sports 1 | 2014–present |
| Network | Brand | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESPN Inc. | ESPN+ | ESPN Major League Baseball | 2019–present |
| TNT Sports Warner Bros. Discovery Sports (2022–2024)Turner Sports (1995–2022)TNT Sports (1989–1995) | HBO Max | 2022–present | |
| ESPN Inc. | Disney+ | ESPN Major League Baseball | 2024–present |
| ESPN Inc. | ESPN DTC | ESPN Major League Baseball | 2026–present |
| NBC Sports | Peacock | MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock (2022–2023) Major League Baseball on NBC (2026–present) | 2022–2023 2026–present |
| Fox Sports | Fox One | 2025–present |
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When theLeague Championship Series was first instituted in1969, theMajor League Baseball television contract at the time allowed a local TV station in the market of each competing team to also carry the LCS games. So, for example,Mets fans inNew York could choose to watch either theNBC telecast orLindsey Nelson,Bob Murphy andRalph Kiner onWOR-TV.
1983 marked the last time that local telecasts of League Championship Series games were allowed. In1982, Major League Baseball recognized a problem with this due to the emergence ofcable superstations such asWTBS inAtlanta andWGN-TV inChicago. WhenTBS tried to petition for the right to do a "local"Braves broadcast of the1982 NLCS, Major League Baseball got aPhiladelphia federal court to ban them on the grounds that as a cable superstation, TBS could not have a nationwide telecast competing withABC's.
Since2007, MLB playoff games onTBS are not made available[1] to local over-the-air broadcasters in the participating teams' markets.[2] Under the previous contract,ESPN was required to make those games available on the air in local markets. As of 2023, Major League Baseball is currently the only "Big Four" league with regional broadcast rights whose entire postseason is exclusive to national television; theNational Basketball Associationplayoffs andNational Hockey Leagueplayoffs continue to air their first round games on both national and local television.